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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Terminal cancer.
(d) A heart condition.

2. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?
(a) It is vacation time.
(b) The school is closed.
(c) It is after 5 p.m.
(d) The bus broke down.

3. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?
(a) It has no point.
(b) It is a crime.
(c) It is necessary.
(d) It is disrespectful.

4. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cocoa.
(d) Water.

5. What does the man buy with the money he takes from the narrator?
(a) Liquor and a mattress.
(b) The newspaper and a laptop.
(c) A pillow and a comic book.
(d) A camera and some film.

6. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) The police.
(b) Concerned neighbors.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Florence.

7. Why do the youth of the township do?
(a) Burn a police station.
(b) Fight with white students.
(c) Drive white people out of the township.
(d) Burn their own school.

8. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) A cat.
(b) A woman.
(c) Two dogs.
(d) A friend of his.

9. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Three years before the events of the book.
(b) Five years before the events of the book.
(c) Twelve years before the events of the book.
(d) Four years before the events of the book.

10. What is the name of the homeless man?
(a) Mr Vercueil.
(b) Mr Clack.
(c) Mr Auteille.
(d) Mr Clown.

11. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil at the start of Part Two?
(a) Drunk on the couch.
(b) Passed out on the kitchen floor.
(c) In the rain.
(d) In his car.

12. Who does the narrator want to bring with Florence and her?
(a) The dog.
(b) Her lawyer.
(c) Mr. Vercueil.
(d) Florence's daughters.

13. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?
(a) To return the unspent money to her.
(b) To keep the unspent money.
(c) To give the unspent money to a charity.
(d) To return what he purchased.

14. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of days.
(b) A couple of weeks.
(c) A couple of month.
(d) A couple of hours.

15. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?

2. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?

3. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?

4. When does the person the narrator met at the start of Part One return?

5. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

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